Bottle-bracket.



C. W. CRUM. BOTTLE BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, I916.

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Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

' useful Improvements of the bracket,

CHARLES W. CBUK, OI OLIN'EY, ILLINOIS.

' BOTTLE-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

Application filed April 21, 1918. Serial No. 92,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. CRUM, a citizen of the United States of America, residin' at Olney, in the county of Richland and tate of Illinois, have invented new and which the followlng is a specification.

The resent invention relates to improvements in bottle brackets for use in connection with school desks and seats for retaining an ink bottle in place on the top of a 'desk.

In general the object of the invention is to provide an eflicient durable, and inexpensive device for use in schools or other places for retaining and protecting an ink bottle on the top of the desk or other article of furniture, and more particularly the object of the invention is the production of a simple bottle retaining bracket which may be applied with facility to the supporting object, as the back of a school chair, and which will be simple in construction and adaptation for use.

he invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of arts involving the back of'the chair, the esk top, the bottle and the brack fully pointed out and claimed hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the rinciples of my invention. It will be unerstood that minor changes or alterations are contemplated in the practical application and these and all other colorable changes are included within the scope of my claim.

- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bracket made accord g to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation showing the bracket attached to the back of a school chair and retaining an ink bottle in place on the top of a desk.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the bracket on line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the drawings I have utilized the conventional form of chair or seat back A and indicated the desk top as'B, and it will be understood that in many, if notthe majority of schools, chair to the front ofithe desk, projects at least two inches above the top surface of the in Bottle-Brackets, of Y et as will be more practical application of the the back of the h desk. My invention is particularly adapted to meet this condition shown as attached to the rear of the top portion of the chair back to retain and protect the ink bottle C.

he bracket, as a whole, is designated by the numeral 1 and is preferably made u of sheet metal stamped intoshape as required and of comparatively light, but strong'and durable construction. The bracket is fashioned with a front plate 2,

and provided near its ends with a clined back of the chair. understood of course that bent to different angles to for different uses or supports. retaining plate 4 lies in a horizontal p ane parallel with the desk top B and the bottle of course rests upon the top with the orifice 5 fitting about the neck D of the bottle.

Preferably the retaining plate 4 is formed with vertical sides or depending flanges 6, three in number, whic as will readil be seen fit down over the top cornerso the bottle, body. While I have illustrated the retaining top plate and flanges as forming a rectangular device it will readily be understood that the portion composed of the top plate and flanges may be circular for instance, to fit a round bottle, or forms may be adopted to adapt the. device for different shaped bottles, or ink wells. to the back of best seen in Fig. 3 the plate 2 is bent at an angle to the top plate 4 so that it fits neatly in snug contact with the back of the chair.

he screws are located the top of the desk in order that they mav e manipulated with or other shapes and the bracket 1 is I "screws the bracket may be quickl from the back of the chair if snc readily be seen that by unscrewing the detached action is required. In applying-the bracket to ,the bottle C, the bracket after having been attached, loosely, to' the back of the chair by the application of the screws, may be (1 until the bottoms of the slots contact with the screws 7 7 4 With the bracket thus lifted the bottle 0 may he slipped into position directly under the center of the opening 5 in the plate 4, and then when the bracket is lowered the orifice 5 slips over the neck of the bottle resting 'on the top as seen 111 Fig. 3, and the flanges 6 fit snugly-about the body of the bottle. The screws 7 may then be clamped against the plate 2 and in this manner the bottle is held or retained in fixed position. If desired the third screw 7 may be utilized to lock the parts. It will thus be seen that it is impossible to lmock over, or spill the ink from the bottle; the bottle is held rigidly so that noise or rattle because of movement is eliminated, and is sanitary.

What I claim is:- A bracket comprising a pair of angularly disposed plates one being elongated an formed with a slot near each end and screws in the slots securing the bracket to a support, and the other late having an opening to fit around the nec of a bottle, and flanges depending from the edges of this plate to fit over the body of the bottle, said opening being located in position so that the slotted plate will coo erate with the flanges to hold 35 the bottle sta le.

In testimony whereofI afiix my signature.

- CHARLES W. GRUM. 

